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Spatiotemporal epidemiology of, and factors associated with, the tuberculosis...
Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) is an important public health issue worldwide. However, evidence concerning the impact of environmental factors on TB is sparse. We... -
Remote triggering of seismicity at Japanese volcanoes following the 2016 M7.3...
Abstract The MJMA7.3 Kumamoto earthquake occurred on April 16, 2016, in the western part of Kyushu, at a depth of 12 km, on an active strike-slip fault. Here, we report on a... -
Autonomic nervous system response to remote ischemic conditioning: heart rate...
Abstract Background Remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) is a procedure applied in a limb for triggering endogenous protective pathways in distant organs, namely brain or heart.... -
Geometrical dependence on the stress and slip tendency acting on the subducti...
Abstract We assess the dependence of megathrust geometry near the updip edge of the Nankai seismogenic zone according to the slip tendency of the megathrust based on a... -
Brazilian study of adaptation and psychometric properties of the Coping Healt...
Abstract The Coping Health Inventory for Parents (CHIP) evaluates coping patterns of parents of chronically ill children and assesses different coping strategies using three... -
Drivers of daily movement patterns affecting an endangered vulture flight act...
Abstract Background The development of satellite tracking technology enables the gathering of huge amounts of accurate data on animal movements over measured time intervals, to... -
Predictors of response to exposure and response prevention-based cognitive be...
Abstract Background Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which includes exposure and response prevention (ERP), is effective in improving symptoms of obsessive-compulsive... -
Dietary sodium and iodine in remote Indigenous Australian communities: will s...
Abstract Background Excess salt intake is a global issue. Effective salt-reduction strategies are needed, however, as salt is a vehicle for iodine fortification, these... -
Extended source pyramid wave-front sensor for the human eye
We describe a new wave-front sensor based on the previously proposed pyramid sensor. This new sensor uses an extended source instead of a point-like source avoiding in this... -
Bedside prediction of intradialytic hemodynamic instability in critically ill...
Abstract Background Despite improvements in intermittent hemodialysis management, intradialytic hemodynamic instability (IHI) remains a common issue that could account for... -
Can management buffer pasture loss and fragmentation for Sami reindeer herdin...
Abstract Today, climate change and competing land use practices are threatening rangelands around the world and the pastoral societies that rely on them. Reindeer husbandry... -
Political Alienation, Rurality and the Symbolic Role of Swedish Wolf Policy
Attitudes towards wolf policy are likely to be driven by perceived differences in political power between urban and rural groups. Using Swedish survey data collected in 2014 and... -
A Bayesian Partial Identification Approach to Inferring the Prevalence of Acc...
This article describes the use of flexible Bayesian regression models for estimating a partially identified probability function. Our approach permits efficient sensitivity... -
Efficacy and safety of intravenous paracetamol in comparison to ibuprofen for...
Abstract Background Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is one of most common complications in preterm infants. Although ibuprofen represents the first choice for the closure of PDA,... -
Acceleration of integral imaging based incoherent Fourier hologram capture us...
Speed enhancement of integral imaging based incoherent Fourier hologram capture using a graphic processing unit is reported. Integral imaging based method enables exact hologram... -
Changes in the volatiles, chemical components and antioxidant activities of C...
Chinese jasmine tea, a type of flower-scented tea, is produced by repeatedly mixing the base tea with the aromatic flowers of Jasminum sambac. The aim of this study was to... -
Central nervous system manganese induced lesions and clinical consequences in...
Abstract Background Around 47–74% of patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) have hepatic vascular malformations (HVMs); magnetic resonance images (MRI) of the... -
In vivo evidence for the contribution of peripheral circulating inflammatory ...
Abstract Background Neuroinflammation is implicated in the development and progression of many neurodegenerative diseases. Conditions that lead to a peripheral immune response... -
Measuring prefrontal cortical activity during dual task walking in patients w...
Abstract Background Many patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have difficulties in performing a second task during walking (i.e., dual task walking). Functional near-infrared... -
Cost estimation using ANFIS
Cost function estimation is vital for decision-making in project management. In this article, a novel cost estimator is investigated based on an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference...
